HOOVER, Ala. — In a scheduling quirk of epic proportions, Missouri played at Texas A&M each of the past three seasons. When the Big 12 revamped its schedule to accommodate 10 programs in 2011, the Tigers wound up traveling back to College Station following a Kyle Field visit in 2010.

Then when the Aggies and Tigers joined the SEC a year ago, the Tigers headed back to Aggieland. Missouri, which won two of the three games at A&M, finally plays host to the Aggies this season Nov. 30.

“That was a blast going down there three years in a row,” Missouri coach Gary Pinkel said dryly. “Last year, they got after us really good (a 59-29 A&M victory). In college football, how can you ever play three times in a row anywhere? I whined, and nobody listened.”

Coaches' responsibility: Florida's Will Muschamp said coaches are “100 percent responsible” for student-athletes' actions off the field.

“It's my job to be an extension of what's already happened at home,” Muschamp said. “But you're 100 percent responsible for the young man — everything that happens. (That said) I can't possibly know everything that happens every single night with our football team. But you can't stick your head in the sand and pretend everything is OK, either.”

While Muschamp wasn't asked about any player specifically, former Gators tight end Aaron Hernandez — who played under Urban Meyer and was most recently with the New England Patriots — is currently behind bars in Massachusetts on a charge of first-degree murder.

Commissioner addresses recruiting reform: SEC commissioner Mike Slive opened the first of the league's three media days with a 20-minute speech, using a chunk of that time to tout NCAA recruiting rules reform.

“Facebook, Twitter, text messaging, early recruiting, club sports, cell phones, Internet access, distance learning ... all will continue to become more commonplace,” Slive said. “The current regulatory approach would be more at home in the era of Johannes Gutenberg's printing press than in our fast-paced, technology-driven society.”